As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This?

 A farm kid in my High school class blew his entire farvest pay on a McIntosh stack, Bose 901s, Thoens TD-160 and Shure V-15 Type 3. That was my introduction to HiFi and Pink Floyd. Later, A much smaller rig with AR-4s, AR-XB w/Shure M91ED and a Sansui Integrated in a small apartment introduced me to Missippi John Hurt, speaker placement and stereo imaging. I went for a Marantz 1060, Large Advents, a Pioneer PLA-35 belt-drive automatic and my splurge - a B&O SP-12 cartridge. The table rumbled a bit, but the arm handled the SP-12 just fine, and allowed me to let roommates and girlfriends play records.

Around 1965 Russel Cohen would invite me over for dinner. His mom was a great cook and his father had a thing for McIntosh. I have no idea what his full system consisted of but I sure remember the sound. I believe he had a Garrard changer and McIntosh Mx-110 and McIntosh tube amplifier.

In the late 70s I had a friend who's father was in the Marine Corps, and was stationed overseas for two years. When he came home, he had a full system of Sansui and Pioneer electronics and some killer Yamaha speakers that I think were NS???? Played the grooves off of so much southern rock, Eagles, Stones, CSN, etc.

When I got my first real job, bought an amazing pair of Infinity Kappa 9 speakers and a lightly used Pioneer SX-???? Still have the Kappas, they need to be have the crossovers redone, and the cones refoamed.....which I will do next year

It was about 1976/1977, I went with my Dad to the local stereo store.   Dad was buying Cerwin Vega speakers, Girard Turntable, and a Sylvania receiver.   The next room over was playing Dave Grusin, Three Cowboy Songs and it was magical.   I don’t know/remember the electronics, but the speakers were Dahlquist DQ10.   It was a whole ‘nother dimension.   I’d never heard anything quite like that.   I was totally ruined by that experience.   And the pursuit began…

Music and electronics when I was around 8 years old.  1962ish. My dad found out that we could help Salvation Army Thrift take apart big donated furniture stereo tv consoles for $5.00.  Speakers, turntables, AM FM radios, amplifiers.  I experimented and built a lot.  Looking back, woodworking lacked very much. 

Come high school. Frequented our big audio store here.  Drool and dream.  That is where I met a Paragon speaker.  Lafayette Electronics came with Altec and Yamaha.  Of course, their Criterion gear.  Part time work brought me a Kenwood receiver, Criterion speakers, Garrard turntable.

Graduated.  1974 full time job.  Slowly upgrading.  One day I dropped into a small brick mortar tv repair shop and stereo.  I got to know the owner and salespeople. One of the salespeople was into this thing call High End.  Underground.  By appointment only cult.  Yup.  I've been screwed up ever since.